"This is a groundbreaking book on migration with a focus on how women from Zimbabwe, whose lives are precarious due to their (il)legal status navigate daily lives in the city of Johannesburg. The originality of this book lies in its combination of deep historicization, strong engagement with political economy of South African and the wider region, as well as careful and effective deployment of decolonial and Afrofeminist theories to make a case for decolonizing borders. This is a welcome work of good sense that enriches studies of gender, migration and space." (Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Professor of History and holder of the Canada Research Chair (CRC) Tier 1 in Pluralistic Societies: Epistemic Pluralism and Ecologies of Knowledges, University of Calgary, Canada) "This book contributes to what is now a substantial body of literature on Zimbabwean migration to South Africa. It adds depth and richness by placing women's voices and experiences squarely at the centre of its analysis. What emerges are not tales of vulnerability and despair but rather ones of adaptability, independence, care, and mutuality in a context of intersecting political, economic and social marginalization. Adopting a decolonial, historicized approach means that the work will resonate beyond its particular regional context.

It provides a sensitive, layered account of migrant women's agency in navigating conditions of precarity and establishing spaces of urban belonging." (Belinda Dodson, PhD Adjunct Research Professor, Department of Geography and Environment, University of Western Ontario, Ontario, Canada).